september, september

it's been months, but what can i say? life got in the way.

i spent about one month as an on-demand walker, then switched to route for the last four. now senvoy's shaking everything up and i'm back to on-demand.... little routine, i miss my regulars out in lake oswego (jason and sasha and susie) and even ran into a friend out there once. weird stuff. but i get more variety downtown and experience more of portland. i dream. i try different exits out of buildings, explore a bit. today i invested in a new sketchbook and a brushpen and drew a little bit.

some sadness though:
yesterday i ran into an old coworker from the first fred meyer i worked at, years ago (when i was 18, 19) and we chatted a bit. always good to run into someone with the same half-forgotten memories. then i got home and checked my messages, which included one from a coworker at the last fred meyer i was at to call her.

our coworker and friend alan powell had passed away on sunday.
he was a remarkable artist and a funny guy.... a born brit, he'd just become an american citizen five months ago and was looking forward to voting for obama for president. he was only 39. i was going through my cds this morning and found one of clash that i'd copied off one of his, i've been listening to it all day.

this morning i arrived at base and dom (now the sole route walker downtown)had way too much stuff to carry, it wouldn't even fit in his bag. they're trying to make him do all the mail too, plus tossing specials at him. i called dispatch and asked if they could hold off sending me work for a bit so i could help.... i had to insist to our manager that he allow me to aid with the mail. poor dom. this is ridiculous.

and this afternoon i got home to an email from my mom... my great uncle bob, who was in pretty bad shape the last i saw him, had passed away as well. i don't think he was planning on voting for obama though.

oh, and the latest on april news: i did a little search, there wasn't anything much, but she and ezra were looking for a ride on craigslist last week across pennsylvania.